One Way Internet - Page 5

Raistlin · 24-09-2008, 15:17

Got it now.

Ignitionnet · 29-09-2008, 10:32

Newest update on that blog is all uber techy. Made my head spin a bit.

Sirius · 29-09-2008, 12:09

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Originally Posted by Broadbandings

Newest update on that blog is all uber techy. Made my head spin a bit.

And mine but its a good read

cook1984 · 02-10-2008, 22:27

It's a shame they have been allowed to lie about having fibre optic internet. If they really did, they could offer a proper two way service.

Ignitionnet · 01-07-2009, 22:07

On the other hand cable can do some quite nice stuff if the operator can be bothered.

Those packages are the result of infrastructure competition, that thing the Ed 'when I grow up I want to be Stephen Carter' Richards and the rest of Ofcom along with Stephen 'When I grow up I want to be Peter Mandelson' Carter think we don't need.

DigitalShadow · 01-07-2009, 22:40

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Originally Posted by broadbandbug

.....It is not beyond the wit of VM to blow the competition out of the water with respect to upstream speed.. It just has not been in their focus over the past few years.

I have it on good authority that this is about to change

Still not changed

Ignitionnet · 03-07-2009, 11:54

I recommend http://vimeo.com/mdda/videos/sort:date as a place to watch some goodness. Dirk van der Woude and James Enck are both quite interesting speakers.

cook1984 · 06-07-2009, 22:59

I would pay Â£60/month for 100/100. That's 3x the price in other countries but it would be worth it.

Ignitionnet · 06-07-2009, 23:22

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Originally Posted by cook1984

I would pay Â£60/month for 100/100. That's 3x the price in other countries but it would be worth it.

Well it's not really 3x the price of many other countries but I appreciate there's a very few where you can get 100/100 for that kind of price. I would pay it for 50/50 gladly. Heck I'd pay it for 30/30. I am in the minority there though.

Ignitionnet · 13-10-2009, 10:31

Thread necromancy.

I note that BT have changed their plans for their VDSL / FTTC network. They will now offer a standard package of 40/2 and for an extra 25p/month (for the ISP!) this will be upgraded to 40/10. It was previously 40/5.

In addition BT are increasing their rollout of fibre to the premises meaning that between FTTP and FTTC BT will be covering approximately 11 million premises with services of upstream of 10Mbps.

Tick-tock tick-tock VM and the 10Mbps upstream trials

Raistlin · 13-10-2009, 11:16

Rise

Druchii · 13-10-2009, 11:55

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Originally Posted by Broadbandings

Thread necromancy.

I note that BT have changed their plans for their VDSL / FTTC network. They will now offer a standard package of 40/2 and for an extra 25p/month (for the ISP!) this will be upgraded to 40/10. It was previously 40/5.

In addition BT are increasing their rollout of fibre to the premises meaning that between FTTP and FTTC BT will be covering approximately 11 million premises with services of upstream of 10Mbps.

Tick-tock tick-tock VM and the 10Mbps upstream trials

Sounds too good to be true...

I wonder how much of an admin fee that 25p will incur when passed on to customers though? :P

Ignitionnet · 13-10-2009, 12:25

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Originally Posted by Druchii

Sounds too good to be true...

I wonder how much of an admin fee that 25p will incur when passed on to customers though? :P

Well there's the 25p Openreach fee then whatever else the company want on top for their costs, however given that usage on networks is largely more downstream centric still I wouldn't expect it to have a significant capacity impact.

I wouldn't be at all surprised if the cost increment were similar to that which O2 / Be charge at the moment for their 'Pro' pack over their standard one, in the case of Be 4 quid more a month.

I would happily pay 4 pounds a month more for a move from 40/2 to 40/10.

No doubt some operators will extract the urine and describe it as a 'business' tariff and smack a stupid amount of extra cash on it but c'est la vie.

cook1984 · 18-10-2009, 12:01

I think the only realistic chance of getting a decent connection is for one of the smaller fibre companies to come to your area, or simply move into one of their areas.

I wish a community fibre co-op was possible, but I think the only places likely to be able to support that are rural areas with plenty of rich people who want to work away from London. Ironic really.